Tom Oates: Solid homegrown rotation would be real rarity for Brewers
(WorldNews Sport)

If the Major League Baseball season starts up in July, the Milwaukee Brewers will be battling history as well as the opposing teams. Not once in their first 50 seasons in Milwaukee did the Brewers make the playoffs with a starting rotation consisting primarily of pitchers they drafted and/or developed. Though a long shot, it could happen this season. Before spring training was abruptly ended by the COVID-19 pandemic, rising young arms Brandon Woodruff, Adrian Houser, Freddy Peralta and Corbin Burnes were making strong pitches to be included in a remade rotation, along with offseason acquisitions Brett Anderson, Josh Lindblom and Eric Lauer. Proposed rule changes could put extra pop in...